http://fightgameblog.com It's On Like Donkey Kong! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:11:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On F4WOnline/Wrestling Observer today, it was posted that the UFC and Jon Fitch have come to a settlement. Here is a direct quote from the report. Jon Fitch spoke with Lorenzo Fertitta today and agreed to sign the merchandising contract. He is back in UFC and will fight Jan. 31 ... http://fightgameblog.com/2008/11/update-on-the-jon-fitch-situation/ Shane Prim says that John Polakowski is legally insane. He's John "The Hugger". George Roop says that even though John is nice, he's going in there with bad intentions and is going to make him bleed. He hurt his hand sparring. Mir says he hyper extended his finger at the knuckle. ... http://fightgameblog.com/2008/11/the-ultimate-fighter-season-8-team-nogueira-vs-team-mir-episode-10/ Big news late tonight. Jon Fitch has been cut According to Dave Meltzer, Jon Fitch and Christian Wellisch were cut today for not signing UFC's merchandising agreement. Both fighters were advised not to sign the agreement by Duane Zinkin and Bob Cook of Zinkin Entertainment. Zinkin Entertainment also represents Cain Velasquez and ... http://fightgameblog.com/2008/11/rear-naked-ramblings-fitch-cut-fedor-challenges-lesnar/ Our friend Dewey Hammond from Hard For The Yard drove down to San Jose to allow Frank Shamrock to choke him out. The dude is crazy. (There is a curse word uttered so if you are offended by that, please don't play the video.) http://fightgameblog.com/2008/11/frank-shamrock-chokes-out-dewey/ I think we are all in agreement that UFC 91 was a phenomenal show and one of the best UFC shows of all time. It had everything you could ever want on a MMA card. Let's get to the feedback. Big D Show overall rating: Thumbs WAY UP Best Fight: Jeremy Stephens vs. Rafael ... http://fightgameblog.com/2008/11/ufc-91-the-aftermath/ Though a couple weeks ago, I posted a "finalized" card, here's another fight that has just been added. Terry Martin is going to face Scott Smith in what is going to be a slobber knocker. Smith thinks the fight will be exciting. This is one of the those match ups where there's no ... http://fightgameblog.com/2008/11/terry-martin-vs-scott-smith-rounds-out-strikeforce-destruction/ It's the biggest money fight of the year and HBO is pushing the fight with the 24/7 specials which were a huge reason as to why De La Hoya/Mayweather did 2.4 million pay per view buys. Without the Mayweather's I'm not sure this special can be as interesting, but HBO ... http://fightgameblog.com/2008/11/hbo-de-la-hoyapacquiao-247-episode-1/ Brock Lesnar talks with ESPN about his fight with Frank Mir standing to his right. Dave Meltzer says it's a changing of the guard. Meltzer says that when Royce Gracie won the first UFC, it showed that size didn't matter. Fifteen years later, Brock Lesnar shows that it does. UFC gives out ... http://fightgameblog.com/2008/11/more-on-ufc-91-randy-vs-brock/ This is the biggest UFC show of the year, and if you believe Dana White, the biggest UFC show of all time. I'm not so sure about that, but this is definitely the most interest I've had in a big time main event since probably Chuck Liddell vs. Rampage Jackson. ... http://fightgameblog.com/2008/11/ufc-91-brock-lesnar-vs-randy-couture-play-by-play/ I really need to start watching this show on Wednesdays. It's actually getting pretty good. The preview says that a fighter gets knocked out in the house. Uh oh. They recap the fight from last week and Team Nog chants, "Assassin Phillipe!" Krzysztof Soszynski is in the last light heavyweight fight and his ... http://fightgameblog.com/2008/11/the-ultimate-fighter-season-8-team-nogueira-vs-team-mir-episode-9/